Measuring star-formation rates in galaxies and their correlation with X-ray emission
Abstract
We present a study of different star-formation rate (SFR) indicators, focusing on Hα emission, and its comparison with other SFR tracers. We present Hα photometry and provide calibrations of Hα-based SFRs for the Star-FormationReference Survey (SFRS), a representative sample of star-forming galaxies in the local Universe. We explore the effect of extinction correction based on the Balmer decrement, infrared excess (IRX), and fits of spectral energy distributions (SEDs), as well as, corrections for the contribution of the [N II] lines emission. We provide a functional description between extinction and metallicity. For a subset of the SFRS sample with good quality X-ray data, we explore the connection between SFR and X-ray luminosity (L X ) in sub-galactic scales. There is good agreement with established L X –SFR relations down to log SFR −3 M/yr, below which an excess in X-ray luminosity emerges which likely arises from low-mass X-ray binaries. The SFR derived from Hα shows the tightes ...
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